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Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he

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hath settled on his lease, and hath not been

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emptied from vessel to vessel. Neither hath he

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gone into captivity. Therefore his paste remained

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in him, and his scent is not. I shall never forget

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the hour when I first read this from God's word.

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And you'll find it in the 48th chapter of Jeremiah.

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It's the 11th verse. Oh, sure. I thought I knew

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the word. I thought I had explored all there

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was in Jeremiah. But I never began to tap the

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deep roots until I discovered this 11th verse

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of the 48th chapter of Jeremiah. There are five

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words, just five simple little words, emptied

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from vessel. To vessel. Now the figure that's

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used here by the Holy Spirit has to do with wine

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making. It tells one of the methods used in producing

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a clear, rich, well -refined wine. Somebody says

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wine is wine. And those who do not know will

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just accept anything so long as it's wine. But

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there's a difference. They tell me there's a

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vast difference in wine. And this figure of speech

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right here has to do with the making of the finest,

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the purest, the most refined, clear, rich wine.

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In those days, it had to be poured into a vessel

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and then allowed to stand for a certain length

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of time. under certain circumstances, perhaps,

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of heat, cold, light, or darkness. And then it

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was poured again into another vessel. And each

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time there was a settling of the sediment, a

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settling of the dregs, which remained in the

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vessel as the winemaker carefully poured the

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precious liquid. into still another vessel. And

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this process was repeated over and over again.

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It was allowed to stand for a certain length

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of time, and then very carefully, very cautiously,

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it was poured into another vessel. And as it

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was being poured, all the drakes, all the sediment

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would remain in the vessel from which it was

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being poured. And this continued until it yielded

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a freshness of scent, a fragrance very choice

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and very pleasing to the maker. And it continued,

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and each time it became pure, smooth, and rich,

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If this was not done, if it was allowed to remain

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in the same vessel that it was made, it would

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settle upon its leaves and it would become scented

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with the essence of the dregs and the losses

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of the fragrance would be completely gone. Just

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plain ordinary wine. That's the reason this scripture

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means so much. I repeat it to you. Moab hath

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been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled

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on his lease. and hath not been emptied from

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vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity.

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Therefore his taste remained in him, and his

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scent is not changed. The other day, tired in

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body, I had been working long hours, and there

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was still so much work to do. I found myself

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standing right in the middle of the room. And

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it was very spontaneous. I looked up and I said,

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Dear Lord, why didn't you allow all of this to

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come to me when I was young? Why didn't you when

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I was 16, when I was 17, and I had all the vitality?

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I could go forever without sleep. Sleep meant

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nothing to me. I was never weary. I didn't know

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what it meant to be fatigued. I was exhaustless,

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believe me. Dear Lord, please. I don't understand

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why you waited so long before you piled all this

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work on me. I stopped right there. You know why?

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Gently he whispered to my heart and said, Catherine,

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you could not have taken it at 16. You weren't

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ready for it at 17. I could not have trusted

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you at 20. I was just beginning my pouring at

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17. I was just beginning the real pouring at

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20. From vessel unto vessel, sure. When you first

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began in Emmett, Idaho, there you were. A young

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thing in your teens, no experience whatsoever.

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Had I entrusted you with that which I have entrusted

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you with this hour, you never could have taken

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it. Never. You didn't know what it was all about.

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You would have misused the glorious power of

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the Holy Spirit. I wasn't ready. I can go back

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and... Turn the pages of my life back again.

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And I can tell you over and over again when the

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wine was poor. Those long months when the wine

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was absolutely stale. deal in the vessel and

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when he felt that the dregs had settled on the

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side and on the bottom of the vessel very carefully

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and cautiously he poured the wine into another

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vessel and when it was poured I became a rich

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Better, a more understanding person. I could

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never in a thousand worlds preach to you on the

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resurrection of Jesus Christ if I had not stood

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one day at the casket of my own papa and laid

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my hand upon papa's shoulder. The shoulder of

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the little girl where I had shed my tears. The

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shoulder on which I had laid my head when my

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tooth would ache so badly and I found comfort

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on that shoulder. I cannot begin to tell you

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one thing that happened at Papa's funeral I don't

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remember. I only know that I tasted of the resurrection

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life. The resurrection power. I can preach on

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the resurrection today. I can tell you of the

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truth of the resurrection. Because in my own

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personal experience, I was poured from one vessel

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into another. I can only tell you the nearness

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of the son of the living God. I can only tell

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you that he is the mighty comforter, the great

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man of sorrow when you feel alone. Because of

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the vessel in the darkness, when I felt so all

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alone. And he had taken the light from me while

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the dregs and the impurities were allowed to

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settle at the bottom of the vessel. And the dregs

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fastened themselves on the side of the vessel.

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And then came the hour when he began to pour.

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Oh, it wasn't easy. It wasn't easy. But when

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it was poured into another vessel, my life was

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richer. I was a greater power for him. It may

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be a vessel of clay. The clay has no transparency,

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and the wine simply trusts for light to shine

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again. Another vessel. Perhaps ugly and gray

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because of some sorrow, some heartbreak. But

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when the lesson is learned, the maker lifts it

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and pours it off. Beloved, if we were never poured,

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the wine would get spoiled and scented with drakes.

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Paul knew the secret of this. My friend, I give

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you his words. They're recorded in 2 Corinthians,

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in that 11th chapter. And this is how he expressed

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it. Are ye ministers of Christ? I speak as a

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fool. I am more. In labors more abundant. In

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stripes above measure. In prisons more frequent.

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In deaths oft. Of the Jews five times received

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I forty stripes, save one. Thrice was I beaten

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with rods. Once was I stoned. Thrice I suffered

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shipwreck. A night and a day I had been... In

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the deep. In journeyings often. In perils of

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water. In perils of robbers. In perils by the

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heathens. In perils in the city. In perils in

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the wilderness. In perils in the sea. In perils

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among false brethren. In weariness and painfulness.

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In watchings often. In hunger. and thirst in

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fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Beside

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those things that are without, that which cometh

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upon me daily, the care of all the churches.

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Who is weak? And I am not weak? who is offended,

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and I burn not. If I must need glory, I will

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glory of the things which concern mine infirmities.

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These were the things Paul said that made me

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strong. These were the things that made me a

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spiritual giant. Oh, beloved, there isn't a cent

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of... God today. But who without hesitation will

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say, Paul was the greatest of all Christians,

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the greatest spiritual giant that ever lived.

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I do not believe that there was a human being

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to whom God entrusted more spiritual wealth,

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greater spiritual secrets, greater spiritual

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truths. God never entrusted to a human being

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more than he entrusted to Paul. If ever there

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was a man who had God's favor, it was Paul. But

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Paul understood why he was permitted to be the

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vessel to whom God entrusted these things. He

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understood. Yet. He says, of the Jews, five times

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received I forty stripes, save one. But never

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once did he question the deliques of a tender

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heavenly father. Yes, beloved? Do you want to

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be a power for God? Then, my friend. The wine

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will have to be poured from vessel into vessel.

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Someday, the last vessel will be filled and the

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very last pouring will be finished. From his

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own lips, may you and I hear his words. Well

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done, thou good and faithful. servant.